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Are You Ready for Mentoring?

Do you have what it takes to be a mentee or mentor? Here are three qualities that can help you succeed. Read now to be ready for mentoring.

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The Fundamentals of Mentoring

Don't forget the basics of mentoring! Here are three ways to keep your mentoring relationship healthy.

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Mentoring Outside the Box

Diversity and inclusion should go beyond checking a box. Use mentoring to support learning about others and growing together through shared experiences.

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Free Resources to Make Your Mentoring Program Amazing

This collection of resources from River’s mentoring experts can help you run your mentoring program and support your mentees and mentors.

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How to ACE Your Role as a Mentor

Be an amazing mentor with Authenticity, Compassion, and Expertise. Get tips here on how to make this happen.

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What’s Your Mentoring Attitude?

Your attitude can make all the difference for success as a mentee, mentor, or mentoring administrator. Are you ready to lead, give assistance, ask for help, and commit to mentoring?

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Virtual Mentoring in the Age of Social Distancing

COVID-19 may have forced us to stay home, but it can't keep us from connecting. These five tips can help you with your virtual mentoring relationship.

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What’s Your Mentoring Perspective?

Do you think more about the past, present, or future? Your unique perspective can impact your mentoring relationship.

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What to Do When Your Mentoring Relationship Has Stalled Out

Is it time to give your mentoring relationship an energy boost? Here are four ways you can reinvigorate your mentoring relationship and get momentum back again.

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5 Ways to Make Mentoring a Personalized Learning Experience

Make your mentoring relationship a personalized learning experience. Here are five elements to adapt to your needs and individual situation.

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Lessons Learned Through Failure

Sometimes the most important lessons we learn are the ones that occur because we failed at something. Use your mentoring relationship as a safe space to discuss failures.

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How Do I Mentor Someone?

Good mentors focus on the mentee's goals and development. Here are seven actions you can take to be a good mentor.

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After #MeToo, Here’s What You Need in a Mentoring Relationship

Don't let fear hold you back. Here are three simple ideas on how to approach your mentoring relationships and how to treat one another so that there is no more fear—on either side.

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10 Questions to Ask Your Mentor

Mentoring thrives because of the personal connections and relationships you create. Here are 10 questions to ask mentors to help you get started.

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7 Types of Mentors

What type of mentor should you look for? From reverse to traditional to peer, here are seven ideas for mentors you could search for today.

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Common Mentoring Questions

The mentoring experts at River share some common questions we hear from program administrators...and how to be successful.

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My Mentoring Mantra

I have many mentors and supporters in my life as a mom to a child with special needs. I also have a mentoring mantra that we can all use: I do not have to do this alone.

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Mentoring Buzzwords

Mentoring software. Conversations. Relationships. Diversity. Leadership. Onboarding. Mentoring buzzwords abound, but there's only one word search puzzle. Can you find all of the words in River's ...

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How to Set Priorities in Mentoring Relationships

Don't get overwhelmed in your mentoring relationship. Here are four steps you can take to set priorities for your mentoring goals.

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Do Generational Differences Matter in Mentoring?

Are our ideas about mentoring tied to our generational identities? Or is that just an easy stereotype?

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Finding Your Strengths in Mentoring

How could mentoring impact your life if you focus on your strengths as areas to grow and improve?

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Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Your Mentor?

All good things must come to an end...even your mentoring relationship. Try these tips when it's time to say goodbye to your mentor.

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Expressing Gratitude in Mentoring

Taking the time to explicitly state why you are grateful to be in this mentoring relationship with your mentee or mentor can be a great conversation starter. Here are some tips to get you going.

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5 Mentoring Activities You Can Try Today

Are things feeling stale in your mentoring relationship? Are you feeling stuck? Have you run out of ideas? Try these five mentoring activities to bring some zip back into your learning relationship.

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What Does Success Look Like to You?

Success looks different for each of us, and it can even look different for us as we grow and change. Here is what success in mentoring could look like.

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5 Questions All Mentees Should Ask

Mentoring can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially for mentees as they embark on a mentoring relationship and try to figure out what areas they want to focus on, what goals they want to set, ...

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Sage Advice for Mentors

Most people feel it is a great privilege to be asked to be someone's mentor. It can also be a little humbling and overwhelming at times to be looked upon as someone who might have the answers to ...

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Don’t Let Mentoring Just Become a Fad

Mentoring should not be just a fad. Here are three tips to help you make your mentoring program a staple of your organization.

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Three Tips for Growing Your Mentoring Program

Mentoring can produce powerful results for retention, engagement, and productivity. Here are three tips for expanding mentoring at your workplace.

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How Mentoring Can Plug the Brain Drain

Don't lose knowledge when employees walk out the door. Here are three ways mentoring can help with the problematic brain drain.

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